set about
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
begin to deal with
approach a task
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- approach derivation
Sense 2 verb
enter upon an activity or enterprise
Types & categories
- initiate hypernym
Related & opposite
- task derivation
Sense 3 verb
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
We began working at dawn
Types & categories
- recommence hyponym
- strike out hyponym
- fall hyponym
- jump off hyponym
- get to hyponym
- auspicate hyponym
- attack hyponym
- break in hyponym
- launch hyponym
- come on hyponym
- embark hyponym
- get cracking hyponym
Related & opposite
- terminate antonym
- commencement derivation
- start derivation
- fledgling derivation
- initiate derivation
- commencement derivation
- begin verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | approach |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | face |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | task |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | initiate |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | terminate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | commencement |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | start |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fledgling |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | initiate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | commencement |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | begin |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | recommence |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | strike out |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fall |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | jump off |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | get to |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | auspicate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | attack |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | break in |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | launch |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | come on |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | embark |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | get cracking |